BEAUTIFUL CUBA IS MOVING US NOW

We were filled with awe and inspiration as we explored Cuba for the first time last week, introduced and led by two friends who know the country, its people, and its culture intimately. The images, ideas and passions remain with us. We are sharing some of the most beautiful with you here today.

To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

– Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet, novelist, playwright.

For centuries, Cuba’s greatest resource has been its people. 

– Pico Iyer, Essayist and novelist.

The truth was much more beautiful.

– Alejo Carpentier, Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist.

I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.

– Oona Chaplin, Actress and dancer.

Day and night I always dream with open eyes.

– José Martí, Cuban poet, essayist, journalist, revolutionary philospher.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

– José Martí, Cuban poet, essayist, journalist, revolutionary philosopher.

Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time.

– Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Cuban novelist.

To beautify life is to give it an object.

– José Martí, Cuban poet, essayist, journalist, revolutionary philosopher.

To be Cuban is to go with Cuba everywhere. Cuba is a paradise from which we flee by trying to return.

– Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist and screenwriter. Died in exile.

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there’s music and dancing- especially in Havana.

– Julia Sawalha, Actress.

Memory is the most potent truth.

– Carlos Eire, Cuban born professor of religion and European history.

Read more about Beautiful Cuba, as it relates to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact including 10 Beautiful Books on Cuba Happening Now, Wild & Beautiful in Cuba Now, The Most Beautiful Cuban Rums in the World Right Now, The Art of Cuba is Wowing Us Now and It’s Time to Experience the Beauty of Cuba Now.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Bud Ellison. Taxi In Trinidad.Doors and Windows in the Beautiful City of Trinidad, Cuba.
2. Image: by Bud Ellison. Laundry Day. Trinidad, Cuba.
3. Image: by Franck Vervial. Mangrove at Cayo Levisa.
4. Image: by James Emery. Blue Dancer (Yemaya).
5. Image: by Bud Ellison. Urban Views In Cuba.
6. Image: by Ilya Yakubovich. Cayo Guillermo.
7. Image: by Jaume Escofet. Habana sunset.
8. Image: by Anton Novoselov. Turquoise.
9. Image: by adina*raul. Surf.
10. Image: by Japhet Alvarez. Dancers.
11. Image: by Les Haines. Cuban Man.
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13. Image: by Domenic Scaturchio. Varadero Beach.
14. Image: Courtesy of BeautifulNow. BN App.
15. Image: by Balint Földesi. Cuban Street.